Fireless brooder.



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ZEIIELEIESS BROODER.

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To all whom tt may concern:

Beit known that I, EARL S. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Llagas, in the county of Santa Clara, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 4Fireless Broeders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis .application.

r1`his invention relates to chicken hatching and raising apparatus and particularly to brooders used for raising chickens hatched in an incubator or those which have, for any reason, been taken from the mother hen, the object of the invention being to produce a brooder which is so constructed and operated as to obviate the Ynecessity of having any artificial heat applied such as is now done with coal oil lamps, coke, or other'similar material, thus doing away with the incon.

venience and bother of tending to such artificial heating means.

A further object is to produce a simple, inexpensive andl effective brooder vwhich can be operated with a minimum of expense and still successfully raise a greater percentage of the chickens than can be done with the heated brooders'.

These objects I accomplish by means of a housing box having a hinged lid having an adjustable hanging frame on its under side in which is disposed a plurality of adjustable feather dusters or feathers similarly grouped, such box having suitable inlets and outletsand air circulating means, the scheme of the invention being that the feathers impart or rather maintain the body heat of the chicks when they get under the same thus giving them the same effect as nestling under the mother hen. Also such other andfurther construction and relative. arrangement of parts are employed as will more fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claim.

In the drawings similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure 1` is a perspective view of the com- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

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Patented Aug. 1o, 1909.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the hanger for the feathers.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings 1 designates the main housing box of the brooder having suitable supporting legs 2 and a removable upper portion 3 fitting over retaining flanges 4, the purpose of having such removable upper portion being to render -an easy means for getting at the interior for the purpose of cleansing or repairing the same. The portion 3 is formed with an inlet 5 in the front for the entry of the chicks and with suitable glass windows 6 for lighting purposes. Also such member 3 has suitable air inlets and outlets 7.

The top of the member 3 is provided with a hinged lid 8 depending from which are bolts 9 having wing nuts 10 on their lower ends on which wing nuts rest a frame member 1 1 provided with a plurality of holes 12 spaced 4apart as shown through which holes project the stems or handles 13 of feather dusters or similarly bunched feathers 14, each member 14 having a shoulder 15 bearing against the -under side of the frame 11 and maintained in such position by means of pins 16 projected ythrough the stems 13 on the upper side of said frame 11.

When the chicks enter the brooder and nestle under the feathers 14 the same maintain they body heat of such chicks and thus keeps them warm and healthy. As they grow older and larger, the wing nuts 10 are screwedupon the bolts 9 thus raising the frame 11 and incidentally the feathers thus giving more room therebeneath.

The use of the feather as described above I have found permits a larger percentage of the chicks to be raised successfully than can be accomplished by means of the artificially heated brooders.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced a brooder which substantially fulfils the objects of the invention as set forth herein and particularly as to simplicity and inexpensiveness;

TWhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what j bolts and resting on said wing nuts, and a I claim as new and useful and desire to secure I plurality of feathers disposed in bunches each by Letters Patent is Y bunch Vhaving an upwardly projecting stem A brooder for chickensvcomprising a box j secured in said frame member. 1:3 5 having sujporting legs upwardly projectingr ln testimony whereof I aHiX my signature retainingb anges on bog, a movable up in presence of two witnesses.

er mem er on sai 0X tting oyer sai v 1 w iianges, a hinged lid on said removable upper LARL S ADAMb' member, depending bolts on said hinged lid, I Witnesses:

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